SELECT and IGNORE RBC Logic (CTMJOB)

By default, all rule-based calendars for the SMART Table Entity in the specified SMART Table are examined for scheduling eligibility. Therefore, to ignore specific rule-based calendars and select all others, you need only specify the appropriate IGNORE RBC statement. For an illustration, see Example 1 in the topic SELECT and IGNORE RBC Examples for CTMJOB.

If a rule-based calendar name matches more than one SELECT RBC or IGNORE RBC statement, the first statement that matches the RBC name is applied.

To select specific RBCs and ignore all others, first indicate the specific RBCs to be selected in SELECT RBC statements and then specify a generic IGNORE RBC statement as the last statement in that SELECT RBC or IGNORE RBC block. For an illustration, see Example 2 in the topic SELECT and IGNORE RBC Examples for CTMJOB.

The scheduling of specific jobs depends on whether optional keyword FORCE is specified in the preceding ORDER statement:

• If FORCE is not specified, RBCs specified in an IGNORE RBC statement are treated as if their basic scheduling criteria are not satisfied, that is, no jobs are scheduled according to these rule-based calendars.

  A job is scheduled when either of the following is true for the scheduling definition of the job:

  • O (Or) is specified for parameter RELATIONSHIP; and the basic scheduling criteria and/or the scheduling criteria of a selected RBC associated with the job are satisfied.
  • A (And) is specified for parameter RELATIONSHIP; and both the basic scheduling criteria and the criteria of a selected RBC are satisfied.

    Note: If no RBC is specified for a job, the scheduling of that job is dependent only on the basic scheduling criteria of the job.

• If FORCE is specified, a job is scheduled if either of the following conditions exists:
  • At least one of the selected RBCs is associated with the job.

  or

  • No RBCs were specified in the job scheduling definition.